7:36 PM,
Jun. 24, 2013

General Manager Ken Holland.

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General manager Ken Holland is off to New York in a few days, where he'll try to clear out the Red Wings' roster by a couple of players.

The Wings are extending qualifying offers this week to their restricted free agents: forwards Gustav Nyquist and Joakim Andersson, and defensemen Brendan Smith and Jakub Kindl. Adding Nyquist and Andersson to the roster would put the Wings at 14 forwards under contract for next season, and while that's how many the Wings plan on carrying, they're not necessarily planning on carrying those 14.

"I'm going to explore a trade or two," Holland said Monday. "Maybe a ...